| Name | CVE-2005-0230 |
| Description | Firefox 1.0 does not prevent the user from dragging an executable file to the desktop when it has an image/gif content type but has a dangerous extension such as .bat or .exe, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restriction and execute arbitrary commands via malformed GIF files that can still be parsed by the Windows batch file parser, aka "firedragging." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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| mozilla-firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
I don't know if this could work under Linux, anything I drag on the Desktop from firefox is convert to a Link
"when it has an image/gif content type but has a dangerous extension such as .bat or .exe, allows remote attackers
to ... execute arbitrary commands via malformed GIF files ... parsed by the Windows batch file parser
any interpretor would require the file to be +x to execute it and then would spit if handed a GIF
< vorlon> hacim: it's specific to Windows, home to the dumbest interpreter on the planet.
- mozilla-firefox <not-affected> (Affects only Firefox on Windows)